The Israeli court of Beersheba decided on Tuesday to continue the detention of the director of the Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency TIKA in the Gaza Strip Mohammed Murtaja who was arrested on 12th February 2017.
According to Anadolu Agency the Israeli court announced that the next court hearing will be held on 8th May 2017.
On 21st March 2017 the Israeli censorship allowed the publication of the details of the arrest of Murtaja who has been working for TIKA since 2012 on charges of transferring Turkish funds to the armed wing of Hamas Movement while the latter affirmed that the charges are fabricated.
Israel practices incessant pressures on the humanitarian organizations working in the Gaza Strip which has been under siege since 2006 by accusing their employees of “helping Hamas”.
